An exceptionally scarce contemporary account of the destruction of the German battleship Tirpitz, issued with the permission of Commander Anthony Kimmins and apparently absent from major library catalogues.
Bibliographic Details
Author: Commander Anthony Kimmins, R.N.
Title: Sinking of the "Tirpitz."
Publisher: No publisher or place stated; printed with the notice “Published by permission of Commander Anthony Kimmins, R.N.”
Date: Undated, circa 1945.
Format: Original printed pamphlet.
Pagination: 4 pages.
Size: 25.3 × 19 cm (4to).
Condition
Very good. Very light foxing and a few tiny marks to the first page. Please examine the gallery images closely or request a more detailed condition report.
Description
A remarkably scarce contemporary account of the sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz, written by Commander Anthony Kimmins, R.N., and apparently issued soon after the end of the Second World War.
The Tirpitz, sister ship of the Bismarck, was finally destroyed on 12 November 1944 when RAF Lancaster bombers attacked with 12,000-pound Tallboy bombs. Two direct hits and a near miss caused the battleship to capsize near Tromsø, with the loss of hundreds of men.
This brief pamphlet is proving to be a genuine bibliographical mystery. No record has been located in WorldCat or COPAC, and neither its place of publication nor exact date is stated. Its survival in this form suggests a privately or locally printed issue produced in very limited numbers.
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A highly elusive publication of considerable interest to collectors of the Royal Navy, Second World War naval history, the Kriegsmarine, RAF Bomber Command and the battleship Tirpitz.